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NEWS ABOUT: Mad Money

Mad Money stories: 8 news summaries

CNBC Ratings Dip After Stewart Smackdown

Last week's figures suggest Daily Show skewering turning viewers off CNBC

Mar 14, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Early signs suggest that Jon Stewart may have put a ding in CNBC's ratings, Portfolio reports. Viewership of CNBC's Business Day programming block was down 11% for the first 3 days after Stewart's assault on the network began, although Jim Cramer’s Mad Money pulled somewhat healthier figures outside the... More »

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CNBC • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • TV ratings • Mad Money

(Newser) - In anticipation of his visit with Jon Stewart on tonight’s Daily Show, an admittedly “nervous” Jim Cramer sought counsel today from another Stewart—Martha. “You should be nervous,” the lifestyle maven said on her syndicated show. “He’s fast as lightning.” The Mad Money... More »

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television • cable TV • CNBC • Martha Stewart • feud • Comedy Central • late night talk show • late night host • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • Mad Money • Bill Maher Grid • Martha Stewart Show

(Newser) - Jim Cramer is once again on the defensive, as Jon Stewart seemingly can’t stop finding damning Mad Money clips, Gawker reports. Appearing on this morning's Today show, Cramer was subjected to a CNBC snippet that ran on the Daily Show last night, from January 2008, where the host literally... More »

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Bear Stearns • CNBC • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • Mad Money • financial crisis • financial adviser

OPINION

 Cramer Shares 
 'Obama Portfolio' 

Guru picks hot stocks for 2009

Dec 1, 08 12:47 PM CST
(Newser) - America isn’t out of the economic woods, but savvy investors should drop some kindling on their investment fires, James Cramer writes in New York. “Obama’s swift transition and desire to spend trillions to get us moving could prove that happier days will eventually beckon, at least for... More »

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investing • stock market • investments • financial markets • stock • James Cramer • Mad Money • financial stocks

ANALYSIS

Cratering Dow Sinks Cramer Cred (but Doubles Ratings)

'It’s just a bear trying to do a show in this environment,' Mad Money host says

Oct 20, 08 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Cramer was long Wall Street’s most reliable cheerleader, psyching up investors on his high-octane CNBC show. He’s insisted several times this year that the worst was over—only to tell viewers this month to forsake stocks entirely. “It is harder to get it right than any... More »

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Dow Jones • stocks • Jim Cramer • bear market • Mad Money • financial crisis

 Cramer: I Was 
 Being Responsible! 

Mad guru maintains that money is safer out of Wall Street

Oct 7, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Cramer returned to NBC's Today Show to dismiss viewer attacks that he yelled "fire in a crowded building" by advising they pull out of Wall Street any money they need in the short term. "What happens if there is one raging?" he retorted. The "innate optimist,... More »

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stock market • Jim Cramer • Mad Money • Today show • financial crisis

opinion

Sell Those Stocks! Banks
Are Better: Cramer


Oct 6, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The stock market is no place to keep a dollar these days, warned hollering financial guru Jim Cramer today on Mad Money. Another depression is possible and energy woes are likely, he said, so the smart investor will free up money needed in the next 5 years by selling stock.... More »

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stock market • money • bank • Jim Cramer • Mad Money • financial crisis

NEW RELEASE

Nothing Funny About This Money

Star-studded heist comedy offers few laughs

Jan 18, 08 4:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Even Oscar-caliber talent like Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah can't save Mad Money, about three cash-strapped women who join forces to pull off the perfect heist. The movie, which also stars Katie Holmes, "fails to hit the stratosphere," Stephen Schaefer writes in the Boston Herald, because it "... More »

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comedy • Katie Holmes • movie review • heist • Queen Latifah • Diane Keaton • Mad Money • Ted Danson • movies

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